ripple effect

Example Sentences

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“We see a lot of that — people feeling stuck, feeling that they have no other options and wanting to do better for themselves. You can have all of the best intentions and do something out of genuine necessity, without truly thinking about the ripple effect. Most of the things these characters do come out of impulse.”

From Los Angeles Times

“I think there will be a ripple effect,” Keeler said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Roper’s presence sends a ripple effect across the remaining three episodes.

From Los Angeles Times

"It's a bit like a boat moving through water. The companion star creates a ripple effect in Betelgeuse's atmosphere that we can actually see in the data," said Andrea Dupree, an astronomer at the CfA and lead author of the study.

From Science Daily

“I would say that Southerners were a lot more exposed to Western culture, obviously, but for the purpose of the article. I had to focus on the Hanoian perspective, because after the war, Vietnam’s entertainment was more heavily controlled centrally from the North. So it had this ripple effect of Hanoian culture affecting Southern culture as the years went by.”

From Salon